loud ticking help!!!!!!!!!!

[gluvsave35]

i have a 97 awd 5.0 explorer and i only when my truck is warmed up i have a ticking sound and it sounds like its coming from the passenger side wut is causing this is it maybe my exhaust or headers???
it happens when i hit the gas whether in neutral or in drive
and it gets louder as i push the pedal down

 

[jimbo74]

could be those, or could be a valve noise from inside the engine

what kind of tick? rythmic? or otherwise? what about tis sound? is it constant? onl on acceleration or deceleration?

 

[RacerX]

Seach this forum and you'll see many references to that problem. It's either the passenger-side header that's sprung a leak, or it's that EGR tube that connects to the top of the passenger-side header (maybe both). I've got the same problem, and am preparing to replace the factory "headers" with a set of Ford Racing Parts headers, a new EGR tube and a set of Percy's "Dead Soft" aluminum header gaskets. That oughta silence the tick-tick-tick-tick.